With low energy and labour costs, reindustrialisation and re-shoring some of the key growth drivers behind the boom in the US plastics market, the keenness to seize a slice of the action by exhibitors at NPE 2015 was evident.
In this month’s column, Nigel Flowers, Chairman of the Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMMDA) introduces a new affiliate membership scheme and ‘steers’ clear of all things Top Gear…
Philip Law announces news this issue of its annual survey and what the responses from member firms indicate in terms of the industry’s overall health. He also looks at plastics packaging and the ongoing battle to promote its positive benefits.
In his regular, exclusive column for BP&R, Philip Law, Director-General of the British Plastics Federation, discusses the new Education and Training Committee, dedicated to bridging the industry’s ever-worrying skills gap.
Adam Hooper, Operations Director at Southampton-based Martin’s Rubber, flies the flag for the material’s role in some of our most exciting applications…even if we don’t always realise it's there.
Does design drive demand? This month, polymer expert and technical blog author, Dr Charlie Geddes, looks at whether styrenic thermoplastics will evolve further if demand warrants it.
Valeria Arrighi, Associate Professor and Acting Head of Materials Chemistry at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, shares her opinion on the five types of polymer that will shape the future.
Defined as the largest plastics, petrochemicals and rubber industry trade show in the MENA countries, Arabplast 2015 describes itself as the “fastest” way to enter the vast region’s growing plastics, petrochemicals and rubber industries.
Ruth Price, Business Development Director at plastic packaging manufacturer, Sharpak Aylesham, talks about how the packaging industry has continued to develop in order to meet shifting consumer demands.
In his last blog of 2014, Philip Law, Director-General of the British Plastics Federation, takes a balanced look at highlights that have boosted the industry over the last 12 months, as well as potential threats to continued and sustained success.
The past month has been a blur of trade shows, exhibitions and events as silly season hits plastics. Despite the whirlwind, the overriding positivity from two of Europe’s flagship fairs indicates that the industry will exit 2014 on a strong footing.
Nigel Flowers, Chairman of the PMMDA, reflects on show success signifying and a solid market, as well as calling for participants in a new working group for EN Standard development.
